Possible Projects

Introduction to the Unit

1. Monty Python's Absolute Monarchy "I'm Your King"2. Monty Python's Pre-Enlightenment Thinking "She's a Witch"3. What did Europe believe before the Age of Enlightenment video?4. Complete the "What I Know, What I Want to Know" worksheet5. If any time remains, review the website hyperlinked under the picture to the left

​​Why is it so Difficult to Maintain and Effectively Run Most Political Systems?

​What are the Fundamental Differences Between Absolutism and Enlightenment?

​1. Complete SAS Curriculum Pathways Activity # 885 (worksheet)2. Complete SAS Curriculum Pathways Activity # 594 (worksheet)3. Research how France and the Enlightenment coexisted then answer the worksheet4. the social contract5. the universal right of man6. Consent of the governed

​​How did the End of Absolute Monarch Rule in Europe Lead to so Many Revolutions?

Websites for Deeper Learning

The Reformation and The Scientific Revolution: Students will read the passages, annotate the sheets, then answer the key vocabulary and answer all questions. When that is done, students will get into small groups and collaboratively create their own set of notes on each section. Notes are then kept in your notebook and may be used on the exam. Worksheet

Age of Absolute Monarchs: France, Russia, Austria and Prussia. Students will read the passages, annotate the sheets, then answer the key vocabulary and answer all questions. When that is done, students will get into small groups and collaboratively create their own set of notes on each section. Notes are then kept in your notebook and may be used on the exam. Worksheet

​The Glorious Revolution occurred when King James II of England was removed from power and replaced by daughter Mary and her husband William as monarchs.

​The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts the Parliamentarians and Royalists over control of the English government.

​Parliament is a national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the nation. The Houses of Parliament remain a very important part of England’s political affairs and, indeed, those of the entire United Kingdom (which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). When the Parliament of the United Kingdom meets, it is done in either the House of Lords or the House of Commons, making up the official Houses of Parliament.

​Voltaire was a prolific writer, philosopher, poet and essayist, and the preeminent figure of the eighteenth-century French Enlightenment.

​Thomas Hobbes was a writer who believed that all power should be given to a King and that people were too selfish to govern themselves.

​John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism.

​Oliver Cromwell became the first Lord and Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

​John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism.

​Jean-Jacques Rousseau was described as the most enigmatic of all the philosophers of the 18th century Enlightenment Era, he was a political philosopher, educationalist and essayist.

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​Sir Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician, and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution and developed modern physics.

​Lord Montesquieu was a French aristocrat and lawyer that was interested in the basic ideas and principles of good government.

The life and times of Louis XVI: In this lesson, students will use the secondary resource article "The Life and Times of Louis XVI Biography" to better understand what Louis did to contribute to his downfall and how the French citizens banded together to eventually overthrow the ineffective and overly extravagant monarchy.Worksheet 1Worksheet 2

Literature and art of the Enlightenment: Read the information from Judy Duchan. Reflect on the poem written by Moses Mendelssohn and the attitude he had toward his disability. How was this a reflection of Enlightened thinking? What did "Moral Treatment" have to do with Enlightened thinking?